Reposted by Melinda BatchelorDr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The pandemic isn't over and Covid isn't "endemic". It's still a pandemic disease with waves across the globe. It can still make you sick, kill you, hospitalize you 216149
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorJason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Hammering it into an open goal like Jude Bellingham against a team of 12-year-olds. 16734217
Melinda Batchelor @melindab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Boy at my son’s middle school was called Bracton Affentranger. At my daughter’s elementary always felt bit sorry for girl called Amber-Lynn. 021
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Disability doesn’t care how old you are. Specialist food is no cheaper if you’re 19. Employers don’t lose their prejudice if you’re 21. This is blatant intergenerational inequality from Labour. Younger disabled people of all severities deserve better. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comKey disability benefit for young people may be axed under major welfare changesExclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive support to help young people into employment 26600258
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorBrexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Always remember ... Brexit was the first salvo in a Putin-backed attack upon the West. The same battle is now being fought throughout Europe. If the UK finally bins Brexit and rejoins the EU, it will be seen as a victory for the whole of Europe — and a decisive strike against Putin-backed populism. 310251
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorUK Government Petitions @petitions.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Petition has passed the threshold for a debate: "Protect legal right to support for children with SEND" Parliament will consider this petition for a debate as it has 100005 signatures #PetitionAwaitingDebatepetition.parliament.ukPassed 100,000 signatures: Protect legal right to support for children with SENDI believe that the Government’s proposed SEND reforms could limit EHCPs, weaken legal rights, replace individual plans with packages, reduce appeals, and remove school choice. In my view, children could be left without the support they need as a result. 013
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorTara Flynn @taraflynnirl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In case you or someone you know might need it, the wonderful @irishhospice.bsky.social has a leaflet on pet loss. Can be hard for anyone who doesn't know that particular grief to understand, but everyone who's ever felt it does. hospicefoundation.ie/our-supports...hospicefoundation.ieBereavement Support Leaflets - Irish Hospice FoundationOur Bereavement team have written a number of bereavement support leaflets. These supports are available to download, print and order. Find out more>> 0137
Melinda Batchelor @melindab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My daughter had a boy called that in her class at school in States. 010
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Anti-migrant rotter Daniel Thomas has been refused bail during a crown court hearing over the alleged slashing of a dinghy in the English Channel and remanded in custody until trial 1 March 2027 The defendant appeared via videolink holding a copy of the Bible, wearing a grey t-shirt and a sad facebbc.co.ukDaniel Thomas refused bail over alleged boat damage in ChannelDaniel Thomas is remanded in custody after appearing at Portsmouth Crown Court. 6286
Melinda Batchelor @melindab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of our cats is named Hobbes. At the vet he was once alled Hob-ez. 030
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorMelinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Truly. Tremendous. Work. 1102
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorSorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Aries: Fuck you. 2342693
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 27/09/2026Britains NEETs crisis is not about a labour market that’s been weak for two years, says Alan Milburn, it’s the culmination of a 25 year structural shift that has made it so much harder for young people to get their first foot on the jobs ladder. 183
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 27/09/2026Swiss voters overwhelmingly reject far-right plan to toughen neutralitylemonde.frSwiss voters overwhelmingly reject far-right plan to toughen neutralityFinal results from the Swiss government showed over 70% of voters, and a majority in all 26 of the country's regions, rejected the plan championed by a right-wing populist party. 5236381057
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23132721209
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This behaviour is abhorrent. This is not an honest job. Harassing asylum seekers & begging for cash online to fund your bullying. Making other people afraid of human beings who are using the only available route to a better life here. Blaming the powerless, not the powerful who made life worse. 5478
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026Learn how to get measles from a rapist 2344423768
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 204190205428
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorLit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This telethon headlined by Judy Blume and Ann Patchett is the combined effort of more than 35 organizations dedicated to literacy and freedom of expression. buff.ly/pS0vM71buff.lyJudy Blume and Ann Patchett are headlining a freedom to read telethon.A group of right-to-read advocates and authors are hosting a live telethon tomorrow to draw attention to freedom to read issues and candidates before the midterms. Show Up, Speak Up! Vote for the F… 0134
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026Brand-new polling by YouGov with Best for Britain 🚨 Labour pledging to rejoin the EU could prevent a Reform UK government Read more here: bestforbritain.org/eu-membership-pl… 1426079
Melinda Batchelor @melindab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Helen had pre eclampsia so Kirsty should be spared. 180
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorStop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026IKEA are advertising on Talk – who today said 'we should do MORE slashing dinghies' 😖 IKEA can't claim to want to 'change the narrative around refugees for the better' whilst advertising on a channel notorious for spreading hate and misinformation Sign the petition: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... 57240
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#ShowReformTheRedCard 614643
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ANOTHER death in ICE detention which appears likely to be the result of medical neglect. A diabetic who told his family members he wasn't receiving regular insulin shots OR getting diabetic-appropriate meals just died in custody. The U.S. prison-ICE detention-industrial complex kills. 261062582
Reposted by Melinda Batchelorcan you make the world better ???????????????????? @justtheonethatcan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026 1125
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorMicah @rincewind.run · 19/09/2026anyway congratulations to Calvin’s Dad on diesel prices 131760294
Reposted by Melinda Batchelorcan you make the world better ???????????????????? @justtheonethatcan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 0109
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return RevealsA previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover. 15138501801
Melinda Batchelor @melindab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Kathryn Mannix book With the End in Mind is very good on this. 010
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rich assholes like this grind my teeth. Earned his billions off the petrochemical industry Backed Brexit squeezing the UK into a poorer less powerful corner Doesn’t admit that HE is one of the reasons we are in the state we are in Not worth the steam off my coffee www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 47530133
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 19/09/2026BREAKING; The UK has lost confidence in Jim Ratcliffe. Actually, that happened when he scooted off to Monaco to avoid paying tax, tried to force fracking on Britain, and claimed the UK had been ‘colonised by migrants’. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 1531857
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price 291926810
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/09/2026Niche post: Herc and Caroline in the same year 😢 www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comStephanie Cole: Coronation Street and Doc Martin actress dies aged 84She was best known for playing the character Dr Beatrice Mason in the 1980s BBC wartime TV drama 2406
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorTrubs @trubshaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Stephanie Cole was wonderful in everything. One of those actors you're always glad to see, always made whatever she was in better. She'll always be the owner of MJN Air to me. 171
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Beyond the hype... "There is really shockingly poor evidence that AI actually makes an impact on patient outcomes” www.ft.com/content/3431...ft.comMedical AI has a proof problemThe technology’s advances have not yet translated into big improvements in real-life care 510354
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorMorgan Fairchild @morgfair.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#OnMyWalk to get my fall Covid vax. Covid is surging nationwide, so please think about protecting yourself from Long Covid. I got Nuvaxovid (Novavax). Not an mRNA, fewer side effects (I’ve never had any! #BeKind #ReachOut💗🌷💗🎉💗🥰💗🌷💗🎉💗🥰💗🌷💗 801274226
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s really so insane. Words mean things, @washingtonpost. If we buy something for you we didn’t “sell” it to you. This isn’t rocket science. 11433141158
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorStephen McBarron @stevemc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you’re establishment #r4today will give your family a platform to plead innocence (Greville Janner/Ghislaine Maxwell etc). Putney Pusher (sorry for their loss) say no ‘forensic evidence’ True - but there’s the CCTV, the victim evidence and his previous, he knocked over a cyclist and fled #r4today 113
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorJosh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...heraldscotland.comNinety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shapeAccording to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language. 17111149
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Oh, this is funny. If you know, you know... Well done @sangitamyska.bsky.social - awesome! 😍🙌 1410826
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorCentral Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 17/09/2026 Infection from the Covid-19 virus can result in damage to the vagus nerve, leading to a wide range of problems associated with long Covid | Victoria Cairnscentralbylines.co.ukFinding ways to help recovery from long CovidInfection from the Covid-19 virus can result in damage to the vagus nerve, leading to a wide range of problems associated with long Covid 095
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Anyone remember that time when two fighting aged men living at those barracks ran amok and assaulted a member of the public.... why didn't Piddington declare independence then I wonder? www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2324828...oxfordmail.co.ukSoldiers banned from every pub in Bicester after 'dreadful' attack on civilianBradley Barr and Owen Thomas, both 20, were given community orders 851352442
Reposted by Melinda BatchelorFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A personal story about that phrase “young men of fighting age” applied to asylum seekers. As many of you know I took in a young Ukrainian woman under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. As part of that process, soon after she arrived we were visited by the local authority rep and a Fire Brigade rep. 13459202
Melinda Batchelor @melindab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My student summer job was usheretting in a large old Odeon cinema. Someone stayed in for the duration of the film. I always spotted the smokers (shows my age) and got them to stop. No one ever argued. 010
